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CVE-2018-16081

Allowing the chrome.debugger API to run on file:// URLs in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed an attacker who convinced

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 69.0.3497.81
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Allowing the chrome.debugger API to run on file:// URLs in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system without file access permission via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Google Chrome

    fixed in 69.0.3497.81

References 5

crbug.com

securityfocus.com

access.redhat.com

chromereleases.googleblog.com

security.gentoo.org